1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's marathon explained

Event:	Men's marathon
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

These are the official results of the Men's Marathon competition at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The race was held on Saturday August 22, 1998. Italian runners, led by Stefano Baldini, swept the medals.

Medalists

Gold	Stefano Baldini Italy (ITA)
Silver	Danilo Goffi Italy (ITA)
Bronze	Vincenzo Modica Italy (ITA)

Abbreviations

• All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds

DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships
		2:06:50	April 17, 1988	Rotterdam, Netherlands
		2:10:31	August 14, 1994	Helsinki, Finland

Final ranking

Rank	Athlete	Time	Note
		2:12:01
		2:12:11
		2:12:53
4		2:13:17
5		2:13:23
6		2:13:53
7		2:13:59
8		2:14:02
9		2:14:19
10		2:14:28
11		2:14:48
12		2:14:58
13		2:15:12
14		2:15:13
15		2:15:27
16		2:15:38
17		2:15:43
18		2:15:51
19		2:15:53
20		2:16:28
21		2:16:36
22		2:16:38
23		2:17:11
24		2:17:24
25		2:17:40
26		2:17:55
27		2:17:58
28		2:19:28
29		2:19:38
30		2:19:58
31		2:21:22
32		2:21:38
33		2:22:01
34		2:22:55
35		2:23:01
36		2:23:05
37		2:26:53
38		2:27:28
39		2:29:49
40		2:33:51
DID NOT FINISH (DNF)
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF
-		DNF

Marathon Cup

The team's time is given by the first three arrivals of each country, but awarded with the medal also the others athletes of the team that finished the race.^{[1] [2]}

Rank	Athletes	Nationality	Mark
1			6:37:05
2			6:40:33
3			6:44:14
4			6:48:37
5			6:52:41
6			6:53:28
7			7:01:21

See also

• 1998 European Marathon Cup

External links

• Results
• todor66
• marathonspiegel

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1998 European Athletics Championships - European Marathon Cup Men - Final. european-athletics.org. 11 September 2018.
2. Web site: 2018 European Athletics Championships - Team Manual. 115. 12.6.10 EUROPEAN MARATHON CUP SCORING AND TIE - The times of the first three finishing runners in each Team will be aggregated in order to determine the finishing order, the Team with the lowest aggregate time being the winner, and so on. A tie will be resolved in favour of the Team whose last scoring runner finishes nearest to first place. A Team finishing with fewer than three runners will not be classified in the Team result. All runners finishing the race will be classified individually and eligible for individual awards.. european-athletics.org. 11 September 2018.